 Alabama struck first with a 36-yard Leigh Tiffin field goal.However, the Tigers then scored 17 unanswered points.After Colt David connected on a 43-yard field goal to tie the game at 3–3, Matt Flynn connected with Early Doucet for a ten-yard touchdown reception and Jacob Hester scored from one-yard out to give LSU a 17–3 lead early in the second quarter.